The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-22

bOshoe- They we're shout quarter OF I
mile from any public highway.
DR. Elmer B~eler being sworn. cor
rohorated al Of ~ Fishers tessimony.
Eta Fisher being sworn said: ] know
Milton HerSberger and PhGhe Knode
They lived 10 our house In 1896. Mrs
Hersberger left ON visit In April. One
day sfter Nrs- Hersberger LETT in Apri
! wss sitting IN our parIor, and heard
some kissing In Hersberger's room
vent close 20 our rarIcr door aud heard
them whispering. but could not under.
stand much that they ssid. heard
Hersberger cay 10 PhGbe. @To-nighI
we can cover up. ana Bsyard wonI
know IL and won't hear itv I then
heard him Say -Phebe. like you.' and
PhGbe granted. and he repeated IL, II
10 like you. Phebe.- and she grunted
again then heard him say 10 her
"There were forty or more women who
wanted me in Anderson or Richmond
as they were talking about both places,
don't know which town he meant.
could easily distinguish their voices. and
! know il wss Hersberger and Misa
Kn0de that were talking. heard him
say that be had visited w-e-houses IN
Anderson. She eaid, Il never thought
that Of you. Miltr He then asked he,
IL she thought Moilie (meaning Mrs. n
was true 10 him. She answered with I
long yea During all this conversation
they were kissing and Miss Knode va
grunting, and she would say, aOh. %
sweetw All This occurred during Mr.
He visit
One evening Mr. ani Mrs. Hersberges
and PhGbe were in the room, and PhG.
be was lying on the -ofs and she said
II better get up or Mrs Fisher will hear
the lounge squeak" Mrs Hersberges
said. -PhGbe, you and MiIt can do q
you please
Mrs. WilheImine Fisher being sworu
said: ! know Milton Hersberger and
PbGbe Knode- Hersbcrger and wife
moved into our house about June, 1885
PhGbe came 10 visit them after New
Years in 1es6. Mrs. H. left the last OF
March leaving Hersberger. PhGbe and
Bayard- | noticed Milton and Phoebe
take waiks- She worId call him papa
aud -NiItie~ In en- sffectioRafe manner.
Five Or six nights before Mrs. \. re-
turned while / was at our parlor door,
l heard them talk Of examinations. They
yawning, and then went in
70 bis bedroom. and heard them un-
dress. and their shoes and clothing
dropped on the floor. and PhGbe said,
sbusiies are : nuisance-r Then il soun-
ded like getting into bed. aud all "a.
still for while. Then they whispered
loudly Amer waiting . long while,
len. Do not know whether she stayed
in the room I'll night Or not :
The next ! heard Was on . Sunday.
Mrs. Hersberger and fhe hoy went to
Sunday y-school. PbGje w2s down in
The basement washing the dishes, sRd
Herrberger was up ssairs- After Mrs.
h. was gone . short while. Hersberger
came down in the basement closing the
1oor behind him He vas down In ths|
basement awhile and then he and PhGhel
;sme up stairs. and went into his he'd
'0om aud locked the door with the night
"ck or latch They stayed there fifteen
,r twenty minutes, when che opened the
ioor, snd went TO the organ and struck
J iew notes. and then went down 10 the
basement and finished her dishes saw
be blinds dropped down several times
~ this tnok place in Dubois county, In-
Llama. between the 9Th Of April and 1stI
Il September. 1856